Around the Majors: Yankees clinch the division title
1) Yesterday’s scores–
AL
Tigers 8, Devil Rays 0 (1st)
Devil Rays 6, Tigers 4 (2nd)
Rangers 6, Angels 3
A’s 3, Mariners 2
Orioles 9, BlueJays 3
Yankees 6, Twins 4
Whitesox 9, Royals 2
NL
Reds 2, Cubs 1 (12)
Phillies 7, Marlins 4
Brewers 7, Cardinals 6
Dodgers 4, Rockies 2 (11)
Giants 4, Padres 1
2) Standings–
AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Yankees 100 59 .629 - 57-24 43-35 48-25 20-12 22-14 WON 3 y--Redsox 95 63 .601 4 1/2 55-26 40-37 45-27 19-13 22-14 LOST 1 e--Orioles 77 81 .487 22 1/2 37-40 40-41 36-36 21-15 15-17 WON 3 e--Devil Rays 68 90 .430 31 1/2 41-39 27-51 26-49 17-16 10-22 LOST 1 e--BlueJays 65 93 .411 34 1/2 38-40 27-53 27-45 13-19 17-19 LOST 3 AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Twins 90 69 .566 - 47-31 43-38 19-17 44-29 16-16 LOST 3 e--Whitesox 81 78 .509 9 46-35 35-43 16-16 38-35 19-17 WON 2 e--Indians 79 80 .497 11 44-37 35-43 17-15 35-38 17-19 WON 3 e--Tigers 71 88 .447 19 37-41 34-47 11-18 36-40 15-21 WON 1 e--Royals 57 102 .358 33 32-45 25-57 12-24 31-42 08-24 LOST 6 AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Angels 90 69 .566 - 45-36 45-33 25-18 28-15 30-25 LOST 1 A's 90 69 .566 - 51-27 39-42 23-20 27-16 30-25 WON 1 e--Rangers 87 72 .547 3 51-30 36-42 25-18 23-20 29-26 WON 1 e--Mariners 62 97 .390 28 37-42 25-55 13-30 19-24 21-34 LOST 1 NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Braves 94 65 .591 - 49-32 45-33 51-25 16-17 19-13 WON 1 e--Phillies 84 75 .528 10 40-38 44-37 37-36 18-18 20-12 WON 3 e--Marlins 82 77 .516 12 42-38 40-39 42-31 15-21 18-14 LOST 1 e--Mets 70 89 .440 24 37-41 33-48 28-45 15-21 17-15 LOST 1 e--Expos 65 94 .409 29 35-45 30-49 26-47 17-19 15-17 LOST 5 NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Cardinals 103 56 .648 - 51-27 52-29 19-11 52-35 21-09 LOST 4 d--Astros 89 70 .560 14 45-33 44-37 16-14 55-35 11-16 WON 4 d--Cubs 88 71 .553 15 44-35 44-36 15-12 50-40 15-15 LOST 3 e--Reds 75 84 .472 28 39-39 36-45 18-12 37-50 15-15 WON 3 e--Pirates 70 88 .443 32 1/2 39-41 31-47 17-13 35-51 16-14 LOST 2 e--Brewers 66 92 .418 36 1/2 36-45 30-47 11-19 34-52 13-17 WON 2 NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK z--Dodgers 92 67 .579 - 48-30 44-37 14-18 22-14 46-27 WON 1 Giants 89 70 .560 3 47-35 42-35 19-13 20-16 39-34 WON 1 d--Padres 86 73 .541 6 42-39 44-34 18-14 19-17 41-32 LOST 1 e--Rockies 68 91 .428 24 38-43 30-48 11-21 10-23 39-37 LOST 1 e--Diamondbacks 49 110 .308 43 27-51 22-59 09-23 15-21 19-54 LOST 1
x–clinched the division title
y–wild card
z–clinched a tie for the division title
d–eliminated from winning the division title
e–eliminated from winning the division title and the postseason
3) Wild card standings–
NL WON LOST PCT GB Astros 89 70 .560 - Giants 89 70 .560 - Cubs 88 71 .553 1 Padres 86 73 .541 3
4) The Yankees clinched the division title for the 7th consecutive year.
The Yankees reached 100 wins for the 18th time and the 3rd consecutive year. The Yankees joined the 1929-31 Athletics, 1969-71 Orioles and 1997-99 Braves as the only teams to win 100 games in 3 straight years.
5) The A’s tied the Angels for 1st place in the AL West.
6) The Dodgers will clinch the division title if they beat the Giants. Yesterday, they clinched a tie for the division title.
7) The Padres will be mathematically eliminated from the postseason if they lose to the Diamondbacks or the Cubs beat the Braves or the Giants beat the Dodgers.
8) Magic numbers–
AL East–Yankees, clinched
AL Central–Twins, clinched
AL West–A’s, Angels, 4
AL wild card–Redsox, clinched
NL East–Braves, clinched
NL Central–Cardinals, clinched
NL West–Dodgers, 1
NL wild card–Astros/Giants, 4
9) Race for the postseason seeds–
AL–The Yankees clinched the top seed. The Twins are tied with the Angels and A’s for the #2 seed.
NL–The Cardinals clinched the top seed. The Braves have a 2 game lead over the Dodgers for the #2 seed. The Braves will clinch the #2 seed if they beat the Cubs or the Dodgers lose to the Giants.
10) Today’s schedule–
AL
Devil Rays (Rob Bell, 4.82) at Tigers (Mike Maroth, 4.29), 7:05
Yankees (Orlando Hernandez, 2.87) at BlueJays (David Bush, 4.06), 7:05
Redsox (Tim Wakefield, 4.94) at Orioles (Rodrigo Lopez, 3.56), 7:35
Whitesox (Jon Garland, 4.95) at Royals (Denny Bautista, 9.89), 8:10
Indians (Scott Elarton, 6.04) at Twins (Terry Mulholland, 5.34), 8:10
Rangers (Ryan Drese, 3.98) at Mariners (Ron Villone, 4.10), 10:05
Angels (Bartolo Colon, 5.19) at A’s (Mark Mulder, 4.31), 10:05
NL
Braves (Mike Hampton, 4.38) at Cubs (Kerry Wood, 3.58), 3:20
Marlins (David Weathers, 4.25) at Phillies (Cory Lidle, 4.95), 7:05
Expos (Scott Downs, 5.37) at Mets (Kris Benson, 4.33), 7:10
Pirates (David Williams, 3.89) at Reds (Paul Wilson, 4.53), 7:10
Rockies (Joe Kennedy, 3.62) at Astros (Peter Munro, 5.20), 8:05
Brewers (Ben Hendrickson, 6.35) at Cardinals (Jason Simontacchi, 5.40), 8:10
Padres (Jake Peavy, 2.25) at Diamondbacks (Mike Gosling, 4.66), 10:05
Giants (Kirk Rueter, 4.81) at Dodgers (Jeff Weaver, 4.01), 10:10
11) Yesterday’s HR–
Vladimir Guerrero–#37 & #38
Sammy Sosa–#34
Miguel Tejada–#33
Carlos Delgado–#32
Hideki Matsui–#31
Carlos Pena–#27
Jermaine Dye–#23
Torii Hunter–#23
Juan Uribe–#23
Aaron Rowand–#23
Bobby Crosby–#22
Bernie Williams–#21
Ivan Rodriguez–#19
Justin Morneau–#19
Keith Ginter–#18
Ray Durham–#16
Larry Bigbie–#15
Scott Podsednik–#12
Jay Gibbons–#10
Frank Menechino–#9
John Olerud–#9
Austin Kearns–#9
David Newhan–#8
Joe Borchard–#8
David Ross–#5
12) HR leaders–
AL
1) Manny Ramirez–43
2) Paul Konerko–41
3) David Ortiz–40
4) Vladimir Guerrero–38**
5) Mark Teixeira–37
T6) Gary Sheffield–36
T6) Alex Rodriguez–36
8) Miguel Tejada–33*
T9) Carlos Delgado–32*
T9) Hank Blalock–32
NL
1) Adrian Beltre–48
2) Albert Pujols–46
T3) Barry Bonds–45
T3) Adam Dunn–45
T5) Jim Thome–42
T5) Jim Edmonds–42
-) Carlos Beltran–38 (not officially in the top 10, since 15 in the AL)
T7) Moises Alou–37
T7) Jeromy Burnitz–37
9) Aramis Ramirez–35
T10) Sammy Sosa–34*
T10) Steve Finley–34
T10) Vinny Castilla–34
T10) Scott Rolen–34
**—hit 2 yesterday
*–hit 1 yesterday
13) Barry Bonds watch–
OBA–.608, Bonds holds the major league record with .582, in 2002
SLG–.819, on pace for 4th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with .863, 2001
OPS–1.427, Bonds holds the major league record with 1.381, in 2002
RCAA–151, is 6th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with 169, 2001
BB–225, new major league record
BB above average–193, new major league record
career HR–has 703, is 11 behind Ruth, is 52 behind Aaron
career HR above average–has 460, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the record with 622
career RCAA–1495, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the record with 1795
times reached base–369, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the major league record with 379, 1923
times reached base vs. average–248, new major league record
14) Sammy Sosa tied Harmon Killebrew for 7th place on the all time HR list, with 573.
15) Carlos Delgado passed Darryl Strawberry and tied Joe Adcock for 77th place on the all time HR list, with 336.
16) Tigers C Ivan Rodriguez hit his 250th career HR.
Clarification from yesterday–Milton Bradley was only suspended for the remainder of the regular season and not the postseason.
1) Reds LF Adam Dunn set the major league record for SO in a season.
After 20 RCAA/.854 OPS and 9 RCAA/.819 OPS seasons, Dunn is hitting .564 SLG, .387 OBA, .951 OPS, 50 RCAA in 158 games. He has a .891 career OPS, compared to his league average of .772, and 96 RCAA in 498 games.
The new top 10–
STRIKEOUTS YEAR SO 1 Adam Dunn 2004 191 2 Bobby Bonds 1970 189 3 Jose Hernandez 2002 188 T4 Preston Wilson 2000 187 T4 Bobby Bonds 1969 187 6 Rob Deer 1987 186 T7 Jose Hernandez 2001 185 T7 Pete Incaviglia 1986 185 T7 Jim Thome 2001 185 T10 Cecil Fielder 1990 182 T10 Jim Thome 2003 182
He’s 12th vs. the league average–
STRIKEOUTS YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Dave Nicholson 1963 106 175 69 2 Rob Deer 1987 105 186 81 3 Mike Schmidt 1975 104 180 76 4 Gorman Thomas 1979 101 175 74 5 Rob Deer 1986 100 179 79 6 Gary Alexander 1978 98 166 68 7 Rob Deer 1991 96 175 79 T8 Pete Incaviglia 1986 94 185 91 T8 Jose Hernandez 2002 94 188 94 T10 Jim Thome 2001 93 185 92 T10 Bobby Bonds 1970 93 189 96 12 Adam Dunn 2004 92 191 99
2) The Yankees set a team record for HR in a season.
The new top 10–
HOMERUNS YEAR HR 1 Yankees 2004 241 2 Yankees 1961 240 3 Yankees 2003 230 4 Yankees 2002 223 5 Yankees 1998 207 6 Yankees 2000 205 7 Yankees 2001 203 8 Yankees 1962 199 9 Yankees 1987 196 T10 Yankees 1960 193 T10 Yankees 1999 193
They are only tied for 15th vs. the league average–
HOMERUNS YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Yankees 1927 102 158 56 2 Yankees 1936 79 182 103 3 Yankees 1931 77 155 78 4 Yankees 1961 75 240 165 5 Yankees 1921 72 134 62 6 Yankees 1928 70 133 63 7 Yankees 1920 66 115 49 8 Yankees 1932 65 160 95 T9 Yankees 1926 64 121 57 T9 Yankees 1933 64 144 80 T11 Yankees 1937 63 174 111 T11 Yankees 1929 63 142 79 13 Yankees 1930 62 152 90 14 Yankees 1939 61 166 105 T15 Yankees 1980 58 189 131 T15 Yankees 2004 58 241 183
3) The Yankees set the major league record for worst RSAA by a 100 win team.
The new top 10–
RSAA YEAR RSAA W 1 Yankees 2004 -44 100 2 Yankees 1928 -17 101 3 Dodgers 1962 -5 102 4 A's 1911 2 101 5 Braves 2003 8 101 T6 Reds 1976 13 102 T6 Giants 1993 13 103 8 Yankees 1932 17 107 9 Mets 1988 19 100 10 Giants 1962 23 103
4) A’s 1B Erubiel Durazo was out of yesterday’s lineup, due to a sore left wrist, and C Damian Miller has missed the past 2 games, due to a thumb injury.
After 18 RCAA/.944 OPS and 18 RCAA/.804 OPS seasons, Durazo is hitting .527 SLG, .399 OBA, .926 OPS, 38 RCAA in 141 games. He has a .886 career OPS, compared to his league average of .774, and 106 RCAA in 582 games.
After -8 RCAA/.775 OPS and -18 RCAA/.680 OPS seasons, Miller has a .400 SLG, .336 OBA, .736 OPS, -12 RCAA in 109 games. He has a .749 career OPS, compared to his league average of .779, and -57 RCAA in 715 games.
5) Giants RF Dustan Mohr has a strained tendon in his left knee and is expected to be out for the rest of the season.
After 1 RCAA/.759 OPS and -11 RCAA/.714 OPS seasons, Mohr hit .442 SLG, .397 OBA, .840 OPS, 6 RCAA in 116 games. He has a .756 career OPS, compared to his league average of .765, and -8 RCAA in 377 games.
6) Cardinals P Chris Carpenter has been sidelined, due to nerve damage in his right biceps, since September 18 and is out for at least the Division Series.
After missing the 2003 season, Carpenter had a 3.46 ERA/15 RSAA in 28 starts. He has a 4.59 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.62, and 8 RSAA in 180 games.
7) The Whitesox activated P Scott Schoeneweis from the DL.
After 4.88 ERA/-7 RSAA and 4.18 ERA/1 RSAA seasons, Schoeneweis has a 5.56 ERA/-8 RSAA in 19 starts. He has a 5.15 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.64, and -33 RSAA in 222 games.
8) Twins SS Cristian Guzman was scratched from yesterday’s lineup, due to a stiff neck.
After -24 RCAA/.677 OPS and -18 RCAA/.676 OPS seasons, Guzman has a .389 SLG, .311 OBA, .699 OPS, -23 RCAA in 142 games. He has a .686 career OPS, compared to his league average of .774, and -132 RCAA in 838 games.
Guzman is tied for 5th in AL history for worst RCAA through the age of 26–
RCAA 1 Alfredo Griffin -171 2 Jim Levey -157 3 Ed Brinkman -153 4 Ozzie Guillen -137 T5 Cristian Guzman -132 T5 Aurelio Rodriguez -132 7 Bill Knickerbocker -128 8 Bob Kennedy -123 9 Jimmy Bloodworth -120 10 Charley O'Leary -119
9) Twins LF Shannon Stewart has been out of the lineup since last Saturday, due to a tight right hamstring, and says he expects to be ready for the start of the postseason.
After 19 RCAA/.813 OPS and 14 RCAA/.823 OPS seasons, Stewart has a .447 SLG, .379 OBA, .825 OPS, 11 RCAA in 91 games. He has a .818 career OPS, compared to his league average of .773, and 105 RCAA in 1011 games.
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